The Avantgarde Carbostent in Patients Scheduled for Undelayable Noncardiac Surgery

Figure 1

Platelet aggregation assessed by the point-of-care Multiplate analyzer (AU: arbitrary aggregation units (AUs) that are plotted against time: AU·min). According to the AU·min value, the following groups were identified: enhanced responders (≤188 AU·min), low responders (≥468 AU·min), and normal responders (189 to 467 AU·min). Time of clopidogrel interruption before surgery was defined according to the Au-min value.